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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īdalēn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *īdal (idle, unused) + *-ēn.

Verb

*īdalēn

  1. to become empty
  2. to become useless

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *īdalēn
1st sg. past *īdal?dā
Infinitive *īdalēn
Genitive infin. *īdalēnijas
Dative infin. *īdalēnijē
Instrum. infin. *īdalēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *īdalē *īdal?dā
2nd singular *īdalēs *īdal?dēs, *īdal?dēs
3rd singular *īdalēþ *īdal?dē, *īdal?dā
1st plural *īdalēm *īdal?dum
2nd plural *īdalēþ *īdal?dud
3rd plural *īdalēnþ *īdal?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *īdalē *īdal?dī
2nd singular *īdalēs *īdal?dī
3rd singular *īdalē *īdal?dī
1st plural *īdalēm *īdal?dīm
2nd plural *īdalēþ *īdal?dīd
3rd plural *īdalēn *īdal?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *īdalē
Plural *īdalēþ
Present Past
Participle *īdalēndī *īdal?d

Descendants

Later descendants conflate this word with *īdalijan

  • Old English: īdlian
    • Middle English: idelen
  • Old Saxon: *īdalōn
    • Middle Low German: īdelen
  • Old Dutch: *īdilen
    • Middle Dutch: idelen
      • Dutch: ijdelen
  • Old High German: *ītalēn
    • Middle High German: ītelen, īteln
      • German: eiteln
    • Old High German: irītalēn
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